In A thrilling night at Hinckley Leisure Centre Ray Reardon and Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins battled in the third and final match of the Gameworld International Snooker Series to be held in Hinckley.

Higgins just edged out his close rival by six frames to five to give him his second victory at Hinckley, having beaten Cliff Thorburn in the opening match in November and although Reardon showed the form that gave him the verdict over Kirk Stevens in the second game he just lost out.

Higgin’s thus pocketed the £1,000 top prize and the pound a point prize for the highest break, an 83, while Reardon had to settle for the £500 runners-up prize.

Fans surrounded the players afterwards and signed autographs.

Sean Newman, aged 10, of Barwell was one of the lucky ones to get Ray Reardon’s autograph.

Flamboyant Higgins lived up to his image by wearing a snazzy Fedora hat.

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